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I have a mixed feelings about this project. On one hand, Node allows JavaScript to break out of a schema of language for website front-ends, but on the other one it's just something like Rails for Ruby - it does not make JS a better programming language, only a better programming tool.There are more interesting engines and frameworks for Javascript, like Rhino or PhoneGap, and each of them has its own application area.Io is a step forward in the way you think about programming. It has great dynamic capabilities, which allow you to build your own Domain Specific Languages and modify your code at runtime easily. A very good example are Io's addons - when you run Io shell you can operate on numbers just like in any other language: